Animals, A to Z

Today begins a new month at Art Journal Journey with our new host Rike of Rike's Art, who, like Susi hails from Austria. Rike is a real artist and her drawings and paintings are out of this world. 

Rike's theme this month is Animals from A to Z.

Susi and I invite you to join us, too.  Please be aware of the rules:

Each month there is a new challenge theme for you to take part in. Our participants are Art-Journalers, Altered Book Lovers, Rubber-stamp-addicts and Mixed Media Artists from all over the world. You are invited to take part by linking via the InLinksTool. Please be considerate and remember that greeting cards or ATCs, tags  and such rather smaller artwork will not be accepted for our event and we have to delete the links - only larger artwork in an Art Journal or on Canvas or loose pages larger than DIN A 6 (105 x145 mm=4.1 x 5.8 inches) will be accepted.  Digital Layouts are welcome as well.

We would love to see a few new faces, as well as what you, our loyal participants, come up with from the current theme.

I began with what I thought was an amphibian, only to learn the sea turtle is really a reptile!

Thankfully, I ended with a zebra!

I created this page in my large art journal.  I first painted the background using both yellow and blue acrylics using a faux credit card.  While the background was drying, I found pictures of many animals from small images on the back of three animal calendars that I cut using my deckle scissors.  Then I tried to color coordinate the animals with a colored mat.  Finally, I used a metallic gel pen to write the letters.

I hope you will join Susi, Rike, Bleubeard, and me this month at Art Journal Journey.  And of course, thank you for your continued support of my art.